Bill S.B 147
This bill would authorize the imposition of civil penalties against a person who knowingly advises an employer or certain other persons to misrepresent the classification or duties of an employee such that a person who, for money or other valuable consideration, knowingly advises an employer or any employee, officer or agent of an employer to misrepresent the classification or duties of an employee, including, without limitation, by misrepresenting that the employee is an independent contractor, is liable in a civil action commenced by the attorney general for:
(A) not more than $ 5,000 for the first occurrence;
(B) not more than $ 15,000 for the second occurrence;
(C) not more than $ 25,000 for the third and any subsequent occurrence; and
(D) an amount equal to three times the total amount of the reasonable expenses incurred by the state in enforcing this section.
